The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-19 00:00:00

ABSTRACT OF THE ACCOUNTS C 11 7 Mr. `aunty CHARLES PETTITT ALLEN, TreasuTe r of the dasiye , of Middlesex, from 2d January to 2d April, Ir6l, As TO THE ORDINARY GENERAL COUNTY RA VE. RECEIP T. Balance In the B an k o f England on 2d Jan.,1164 £lO ,227 n 3 Arrears RATES, on that day of the Rate Rate on October 15,1863 £837 5 3 e made on 14th January 1861.. 19,t 83 7 el 12 9 Criminal nt of Rates received. Prosecutions and Con veyance of prisoners for Penal Servitude :- 1 ' 1 ' 1 )m the Lords of the Treasury ° ,l account of Criminal Prose -outionß from Ist January to 30th hue, 1883 Ditto the amount paid for the ‘1,580 12 7 fenced of Convicts sen- Enced samenal Servitude dur wg the period 11 8 2 £4,680 0 9 I'or Mat Oerial RUSEs worked up and La pbour done b 7 Prisoners • • ortread, Officers' Uniforms, and l'risoners' Boots made for, and Co uocoa supplied to the House of 499 19 1 Corn at Westminster • • Fo r Bread and Officers' Uniforms roads for and Cocoa supplied to 107 1 3 For !louse of Detention.. •• or Bread and Officer s' Uniforms Made for, and Flout and Cocoa tuPAlled to the Comity Indus ,orial School at Feltha,'n • • r Maintenance of Mili,tary Pli brers tt • • • • ' ' of Prisoners not sentenced ' 0 hard labour .. • • " 110 0 .u rns taken from Vagrants to be ....41)Plid towards their Main- BY n •• •• •• Sale of Old Stores • • •• • ntoPeosation for Uniform re tained by Officers on their leav- 18 2 p i ng the Service of the .. 31' Pri nting done for the Prison County 21 18 6 oo ß oots made for and supplied the County Lunatic Asylum at lianwell 32 10 6 • • Fo r Uniforms made for and sup plied to th e C ounty L un at l o pa7lana at Colney Hatch • • 322 13 6 For Commitment • - 0 1 or c ap , made for Officers of Bedf ord Prison 8 6 0 .. £361 13 9 459 2 5 97 5 0 £1,961 16 0 Pe ß r lii,"l. O USE OF to CORRECTION AT WESTMINSTER, SIOnWESTMINSTER, t Soil c ni the Land adjoining the Z5O 0 0 FoP rison rl q •• •• .. •• b o aterials worked up and La -47 12 9 t v er done by Prisoners • • ~„ 1 o St, ta le of Old Stores .. •• ' 4 ' -418 taken from Vagrants to be applied towards their Mainte- F heeee .. .. • • ° r Straw Flats and Bonnets pade for and supplied to the u nwell Lunatic Asilum at F ' ,o anWell ..-• • • • • • • 22 2 6 ~r Iloys' Indust repaired for the ' , entity rial School at Polth em .. .. .. .. 12 18 10 Fo r Maintenance of Excise Pri ,6ollerS L'itt° Of Custo . m . s dit .. o .. 0 6 0 2,956 2 3 356 15 1 326 0 3 69 6 8 75 0 0 100 10 11 174 4 9 195 6 11 13 3 5 501 8 2 170 6 6 37 7 2 309 3 0 .. £32,222 12 5 .. 5,177 711 £37,400 0 4 N°. 22,407. IN what " Happy Land" can I see you after the a, "Opera?" I only know of One HAPPY LAND in which a Gentleman may Sup—EVANS', COVENT DARDEN, my dear fellow! THE ENGLISH AND FOREIGN CREDIT COMPANY (Limited). lucorporated under the "Companies' Act, IRV," by which the liability of the shareholders is limited to the amount of their shares. Capital £2,C00,000, in 40,003 shares of £5O each. First issue 20,000 shares. Deposit £ l per share on applica lion, and £4 on allotment, of which 10,00 shares h:ve been already subscribed f.r. Subsequent calls not to exceed £2 10s , and , at intervals of not less than three months. It is not intended to call up more than £l5 per share; but as the operations of the Company require additional capi tal, further issues of shares will be made, a preference being ,given to the then existing shareholders. DIRECTORS. John Barrow, Esq., Normanton Hal, Chairman Amsterdam Water Works Coinpany. Joseph Bray, EN , Pyrgo Park, Rumford. Ferdinand Jacques, Esq., Banker, Berl n. Lharles E. Mangles, Esq., Chairman West India Royal Mail Company. George ealmer Robinson, Esq., Director Alliance Bank. George Sheward, Esq., Leinster-square, Bayswater, Thomas Stenhouse, Esq., Chairman Discount Corporation. George Barnard Townsend, Esq., Director South Eastern of Portik;al Railway Company. BANKERS. The Alliance Bank, Lothbury, London ; Brown's-buildings, Liverpool; and King-street, Manchester. SOLICITORS. - - Messrs. Desborough, Young, and Desborough, 6, Sise-lane. Messrs. Swift and Co., 32, ()treat Georgo-street, Westminster. BROKERS. Messrs. Dezoete and Gorton, 2, Austin-friars. SECRETARY (PRO TEM Mr. Chester Earles. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 2, Copthall-chambers, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street. £155 13 7 HOUSE OF DETENTION. 43.414 arawn during last Quarter by the Clerk of the Prison for pP e ttY Disbursements .. .. 411 16 2 r 32 14 0 $° - naintenance of Deserters .. Sale of Wash .• • • 018 0 or 0 1 4 copy of a Commitment • • 45 9 6 LlY i Sale INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL AT FELTHA M . of Farm Produce.. .. 472 15 3 Tott° ( A . Rags and Iron • • • • 43 8 wards the Maintenance of juve nile Offenders in the School . 93 8 0 - 170 6 11 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Fees received 1 ,„ e 161 11 3 ved by Inspectors • • 68 19 9 1.9? s and Penalties • • • • Qo iety of P ro d uce o f f or f e ited un het Weights and Measures .. 5 6 8 -- 235 17 8 SUNDRIES. Ex penses of inquiring into the Settlement of a L un atic and removing him to the Coun t y 9 0 1111atio Asylum at Comey 'latch • • •• 2 Total Receipt •• •* riot' s EXPENDITURE. Genera e of Correction at Cold Bath Fields— ir' Expenses £10,453 6 10 Interest Annuities • • • principal 720 1 10 moneys borrowed .. 417 3 10 Ineipal repaid 500 0 0 • . Louse of Detention at Clerkenwell-1,661 6 5 9eneral Expenses • • • • 11 6 17 1 Inter et of moneys borrowed.. 200 0 Principal repaid • • • • _ ---- 121,,.5e a " '' of Correction at Westminster— General 332 0 7 r Expenses • • •• '331 15 1 _nterest of moneys borrowed 325 0 0 lincipal repaid .• • • _...—.-- (31.1112 ttY Industrial School for Boys— __ „ 2 3 28 9 , u General Expenses Interest of nioneys borrowed • Pr' 80 0 0 0 • • • • '691 19 5 , Principal repaid .. • • r ayments for Boys on their 42 0 0 dikeharge .. • • • • --_. Con, qance of male juvenile offenders to the Industrial School at Feltnam 'elortnatory School Ship Cornwall—Mainte nce of Boys Re formatory School for Girls — Maintenance • • ••• •• • • County Lunatic Ayslum at Ilanwell -o.tere +t of money borrowed .. lim a Storehouses — Rents, Taxes, Insurance, Fuel, sc. 816 4 6 Interest of money. borrowed .. 318 5 6 l 'rosecutors iind Witnesses — Central Criminal Court Middlesex Sessions .. Criminal Justice Act .. Juvenile Offenders Act.. 608 8 8 :: 1,865 1 4 .. •48 2 3 .. 1 12 6 Coroners' Expenses Total. S a l ar ies. paid. /7iddlesex— £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. We s t. 1.11 00 .. 212 2 6..357 2 6 Central 305 0 0 —.785 16 0..100 16 0 East 375 0 0 802 17 0 ..1177 17 Westminster 110 0 0.. 2'2 5 0 .. 322 5 0 01 Lancaster. ll 1 9.. 7 0 0.. 18 1 9 Gross total Dridges • • • • il e ssions House, Clerkenwell . • Westminster • • • • 41PsistaneJ do - e's additional Salary . • Clerk u w eigh o t t s t a h n e Pace •••• •••• c li n r etosurer ()l i the County •• ••• • • -'l7e Yance to'Depots of Offenders sentenced to Expensesrvitude • • 7: the Registration of e ote:Vi n c c t u ;Vcr d c. erlB ) • _neral Printing and Stationery • • .13,tvertisements • • •• •• •• • 4118cellaneous Charges • • • • talay, T o t a l Expenditure .. —et in the Bank of England .. AF4 To THE LUNATIC ASYLUMS ACT, 1853," HATE, RECEIPT. 18 a nce in the Bank of England on 2d January, 6 3 •• •• •• •• • . 10,381 2 3 Arrears on that day of the Rate If a rcle on 15th October, 1863 ..X1,269 13 3 8 e .raade on 14th January , 1864 9,511 9 • 10,810 17 5 Pen'-ainla BantPayable of Rat to an ecees d rivedmoney • • rece ived for .. .:°ll ru aintenance of, Lunatics at }Unwell and nY Hatch Asylums at the charge, of the aty '24 19 0 Total Receipt . • .. £21,216 18 8.. EXPENDITURE. x'nnatiC Asylum at Hanwell— Ordi , -nary repairs •• ' • • • I lLerest aid • • • • Prin. ei . „.al repaid .. • • • unities to retired Officers .. 4837 19 9 956 5.10 1,000 0 0 47 17 8 --• 2,812 3 3 I,lll latie Asylum at Caney Hatch Ordinary repairs • • • • 1,233 5 2 Improvements .. • • • • 197 4 2 Interest paid , • •• .. 3,119 8 0 Principal repaid • . .. 2,416 13 0 4 Annuities to retired officers 47 10 --- 7,014 0 8 3,392 13 8 4 aintenance of county lunatics .. T o t a l expenditure li alance in the Bank of England .. .. £13,248 17 8 .. , .. 7,964 1 0 • £21,216 18 8 TO MONEYS BORROWED FOR THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM AT RANWELL. Da. Amount in the Bank of England in the joint • nam es of Henry Pownall , Esq., Henry Morris Remshead, Esq., and the County Treasurer, 011 2d Jan., 1864 L 1,137 5 6 Cn. Amount in the Bank of England in the above mentionei three names on 2d April, 1864 ~ £1,137 5 6 AS TO MONEYS BORROWED TOR PROVIDING COUNTY IN DUSTRIAL SCHOOLS IN MIDDLESEX. )3 DR. a Uwe in the Bank of England in the joint t'ames of Henry Pow nall, Esq., Henry Morris enishead, Esq., and the County Treasurer, L 1,158 1 1 °n2d Jan 1861 CR. Pald„ 'me Contractor for erecting. Gas Works and hilaings and for supplying nta ins and fittings 1.811 10 8 laidi the tngineer, for serv ices rendered by him 3 1, the construction of the gasworks • • • • dal the Clerk of ,he Works for ditto • al' • • • lice in the Bank of England in the above enttonel ni three games on 2d April, 1861 .. 77 10 0 15 0 0 254 0 5 £1,158 1 1 44 To MONEYS BORROWED UNDER THE MILITIA LAW AMENDMENT ACT 1854• Am ount DR. (31 Int in the Bank of England in the joint Vies of Henry Pownall, Esq., Henry Illorris en e mshead, Esq. and the County Treasurer, 2 d Jan., 1864 £3/ 0 10 .. .. .. • • •• --_— t I'll la Cu. i l o i llaczonnt at of works done the Storehouse 11 , t he Ist Regiment of Middlesex Militia at 0 10 dg , r "; , n 3 Patead 3l - MONEYS BORROWED ' FOR ENLARGING THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION AT COLDBATH FIELDS. t 1 RECEIPT. a n a ta ll ee in the Bank of E i nil s a q ndd e n n t r h y e joint Morris 446 h O e f ac i l l , e F l . r s y q r° a w nr the County Treasurer, £5 671 15 11 oil 2d Jan., 186 t • • • • l'aia 4 , EXPENDITURE. fanlinhe C . erk . of the Works, twelve foreweks' wages £2,7 16 0 e -Engineer for a paratus warming Pm, ,ventilating the new buildings 1%41 f ilir locks and keys for the new buildings 151 9 5 b ""e Contractors for erecting the new centre itict t , tai ab c Artect, for commission • • • • Tri7 ce in the Bank of England in the above rationed three names, on 2d April, 1804 600 0 0 60 1 6 5,372 9 0 S-6,671 15 11 Th e Bcia ter ,aecounts, of which the above is an abstract, were pre d44,llriAto the Quarter Sessions of the Peace for Middlese on re 18 64 on the oath of air. Charles Pettitt Allen, ; the asurersaid and were audited on the same p b._ of the county, y the following justices of the peace for the said county, - ,Penry Morris Semshead (Chaii man), Francis Brock w4lll:°rley,Wm. Peter Bodkin, John Savery Brooking, and Nig jenry Watt, Esuires, and were audited and " 03' l the same y Quarter q Sessions on 14th April, 1864. A. ttLES Y, ALLEN, Treasurer of Middlesex. 2 10 6 50 7 0 1 0 6 2 12 0 .. £37,400 0 4 12,09) 12 6 1,971 3 6 4,133 15 8 4,823 18 7 1 0 0 58 0 6 114 1 1 49 10 3 1,161 10 0 2,523 4 9 PROSPECTUS. The Directors having received the support of eminent foreign capitalists, and the co. operation of many of the lead ing firms in thi.i country connected with public works, are already in a position to announce that they have secured a business which will of itself yield a large return on the capital, without reckoning the probable profit which they will also derive from the further operations they have in view. The spirit of enterprise which has now manifested itself in foreign countries, with the encouragement given by the various Governments to the construction of works of public utility, leave no doubt that there is still ample scope for an undertaking of this nature. Having secured not only the influence of those connected with banking establishments in many of the principal cities of the continent, but the acquisi tion of business, which will form the basis of immediate profitable transactions, the Directors have no hesitation in introducing . this Association to the public. The general objects of this company are the same as those of other compan es of a kindred nature which have been lately started in this country, and which, by the judicious employment of capital, h •ve been enabled to secure for the shareholders such large dividends. The company will negotiate :- 1. Loans and concessions for railways, and other public works abroad. 2. Th y will advance money on approved securities, as well as purchase and negotiate the same upon commission. 3. They will lend money to contractors of position and responsibility, and facilitate the construction of important public works. No promotion-money will be paid, and the amount of the Directors' remuneration will depend upon the profits made. With the view to extended operations upon the continent, the Directors are authorised to publish the names of the fol lowing Bankers, as the correspondents of the Company: — Vienna Austrian Credit Institute. Berlin .. Joseph Jacques, Banker. Hamburg The Brunswick Bank. Leipsio Heinr Kustner and Co. Cologne The Schaufhausen Bank Union. Breslaw E. Heiman, Banker. Munich Herr Von Froh tide, Banker. Dresden George Meusel and Co., Bankers. Konigsberg Hanover . J. Copper and Son, Bankers. Dant zic ...... M. M. Normann, Banker. Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtained at the temporary offices of the company, 2, Copthall chambers, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, or at the offices of the brokers, Messrs. Dezoete and Gorton, 2, Austin-friars. This form must be delivered entire to the bankers of the Company; and, after payment of dep .sit, the application to be retained by them. . FORM OP APPLICATION FOR SHARES. No. To the Directors o the English and Foreign Credit Company (Limited). Gentlemen, —Having paid to your banker A the sum of £ , being a deposit of £ 1 per Share shares in the i above company, I hereby request that - you will allot me that number, and I agre , to accept suc,:. shares, or any smaller number that may be allotted o subject to the regulations of the company, and also to Say the further deposit of .£4 per share on allotment ; and I hereby authorise you to enter my name on the register Of shareholders for the shares so al lotted. Name in full Residence Profession or business Date EMPIRE OF MEXICO, ANOLO-FRENC:R SIX PER CENT. LOAN. £7,790, 0 00 representing a nominal amount of £12,305,000. In bonds to bearer of £1,0(0. £s'.o, £ 00, X ; 00, anti £5.) each, with others of smaller amounts for the Continental markets. With half-yearly Coupons attached, payable at April and let o..tober in London or t'ar's. ISSUED IN LONDON BY Messrs. GLYN, MILLS, and CO., AND THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SOCIETY (Limited). IN PARIS BY THE SOCIETE GENERALE DE CREDIT MOBILIER. Decrees of the Emperor Maxim lian, dated 10th and 11th April, 861, and convent ions entered into IA Rh Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., authorise the issue of Bonds of the Mex , can Empire to the extent of £ 2,361,000 sterling, bearing interest at 6 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly in Lon :on or Paris. Of this amount £8,600,900 bonds will be negotiated on ac count of the Mexican Government, and the remaining £4,365,000 on account of the French Government, by whom these bonds have been accepted in payment of expenses in curred in Mexico. The following are the arrangements for the issue to the public of the total amount of £12,365,t 00, at the prise of 63 per cent. (with interest from Ist April), payable £5 on application. £3 „ allotment. £lO „ 15th June, 1861. £l O ~ 15th August „ £lO „ 15th October 5:10 „ 15th December £lO „ 15th February, 188.5. 0 per cent. A coupon of 3 per cent., due Ist October, 1864, will be at tached to the scrip, and will be received in part payment of the instalment of 10 per cult., due 15th October ; and sub scribers will have the option of paying the instalments under discount, a t the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, on any of the days fixed for payment of the instalments. The bonds will be expressed in francs, as well as in sterling, so as to admit of their negotiation in Paris and other Conti nental markets. To afford facilities for the negotiation in France, his Excellency, M. Fould, the French Minister of Finance, has authorised that a public subscription shall be opened in Paris and the principal towns of France. He has also instructed the syndics of the Stock Exchange of Paris, Lyons, Marseilles, Toulouse, and Bordeaux to admit the scrip and bonds of the loan to their daily negotbtions, and to order the dealings therein, both for cash and the ac count, to be quoted on the official lists. Each bond will have attached to it half yearly interest coupons. pttyable on Ist April and Ist October of each year, in Londfon, In sterling, at the bank of Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., and in Paris, at the fixed exchange of i?sf. 20.. per pound sterling, at the bankers of the Mexi an G overnment. If the instalments be not paid at the respective due dates, interest at 10 per cent. per annum will be charged until pay ment. Should any instalment not be paid within oae calen dar month after its being due, the scrip, apd all previous pay ments thereon will be forfeited. Out of the proceeds of the loan a sum equal to the four halt yearly payments of interest thereon falling due Ist o,tober, 1864, Ist April and Ist October,lB6s, and Ist April, 1866, will be retained in the Caisse des Depots et Consignations of the French Government at Paris. The Mixed Financial Com mission hereinafter described will be specially charged with the duty of providing, out of the f the so retained, for the payment in LOndon and Paris of said four ha;f yearly dividends. Also, out of the proceeds of the loan, and under precisely similar arrangements, funds will be retained for the next four . nalf yeary payment: , of interest on the 3 per cent.lllexi men Bonds held under the decree of October, 185 and on the new 3 per cent. bonds representing the capitalised arrears of interest thereon, as agreed to by the holders of the existing bonds a' their recent meeting in Londe n. For the liquidation of the loan now to be contracted, a sinking fund, equal to 1 per cent. per annum on the nominal capital of the loan, will be provided from Ist April, 1869, and applied to the purchase in London and Paris, of bonds of the various classes issued to represent the loan. A Mmican Financial Commission will be at once estab lished, in Paris, and wii I be empowered to do all official acts necessary for the completion and ie sue of the scrip and bonds Prising out of the loan, and also for the capitalisation of the arrears of interest on the old bonds, and for other financial purposes. This commission will-con ist of Count de Germiny, Senator, Honorary Governor of the Bank of France; Mr. William Hope, General Manager of the International Financial So ciety,ovisional English Commissioner and a member to be specially delegated by the Emperor of Mexico. The documents relating to the authorisation of the loan may be inspected al , the offices of M ess rs. Bircham, Dalrymple, Drake, and Ward, solicitors, 46, Parliament -street, VTest minster. In case of any application not receiving an allotment the deposit made on application will be returned in full ; and if a less amount be allotted than is applied for the deposit wil' be applied towards the further sum payable on allotment, and the surplus balance, if any, returned to the applicant. Appli ations, accompanied by the prescribed deposit, will be received by Messrs. Glyn , Mills , and Co., 67, Lombard street, London, and the International Financial Society (Limited); or by the Societe Generale de Credit Mebilier, at aris, until Saturday next, the 23d April. Lists will also be opened throughout the departments of France by all the cor resrudents of the Societe Generale de Crildit Mobilier. and of the Credit Fancier of France. At Turin..by the Societe Generale de Credit Mobiller Italien. At Madrid ' Espagnol. At Amsterdam..de Commerce eid'lndusiiie. Forms of apnlication and prospectuses may be had of Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street, or the In ternational Financial Society (Limited, 51, Old Broad - stre et. London, April 16, 186 FORM OF APPLICATION, No To be retained by the Bankers. E OF MEXICO. A n glo-Ftench Six per Cent. Loan-47,790,00 0 , represent in g a Nominal Amount of £12,365,4 00. To Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., and the International Financial Society ( Limited). Having paid to Messrs. Glyn, Mills. and Co., the sum of , being the required deposit of 5 per cent. on £ , I request that you will allot me .£5 in the above loan, and I hereby agree to accept that amount or any less sum that may be allott , d to with and to pay the offurther instalments thereon, in accordance with the terms your prospectus of 16th April, 1864. Name in full AVress in full Occupation Date 1864. BANKERS' RECEIPT, No To be ref EllPlßained byE OF MapEXlCO,plicant. Anglo-French Six per cent. L0an—£7,790,000, representing a Nominal amount of £12,3t5,000. 67, Lombard -street, London. April, 1864. Received of the sum of £ on account of the above lo an , being the deposit cf . 5 per cent. on an application for £ of the above ionr Glyn, Mills, and Co., *** The applicant will please fill up the blanks of this ap PliAti9n and the receipt before preienti.ng the payment. THE NIZAII of the DECCAN'S Magnificent CRYSTAL CANDELABRA for INDIA, being one of live recfnily manutactured (154 lights, 22 feet high, and 12 feet in diameter, is now on show, together with a great variety of rare and exquisite specimens of workman ship in glass, amongst which are designs in engravings taken from the famous Elgin marbles; also a variety of the most delicate table g,las., with elaborately engraved ornamenta tions resembling the finest lace work. The altarpiece, in crystal, has now been addel. J. DEFRIES and SONS, Crystal Gallery, Egyptian Hall. OHANDELIERS in BRONZE. ORtIOLU, and SILVER, of the finest designs for Dining-room and DV - wary. Moderator Lamps in Bronze, Ormolu, China, and Glass. J. DEFRIES and SONS, West-end Show Rms, Crystal Gallery, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.oo DEFRIES and SONS' CRYSTAL CHAN eI • DELIERS in Venetian, Grecian, and other registered lle i;.i.rns for Gas or Candles; Crystal Lamps, Chandeliere, and Wall Lights for India ; Club, St ess, and General Fur nishin,g. Oro ers for Glass , China , and Earthenware promptly executed.—Works, London and Birmingham; City Show Rooms and Manutactory, 147, Houndsditch ; West-end Show ROOMS, Crystal Gallery, F•g,yptian Hall, riccadilly. , ~.--4,,-.. • ,b 4 •• ~., '-, ig, _...• . .7, .. y• - •'..>?, ,- -yra. --- .&E- - , . , • _ . • --._ , • ~ . !rel,r-i- .? • . ..;-• . 11 # 4 - \\ - - --.. 1 ....„ 0 „ .. 70pi.., ‘:4* --, ' `,-;?3(814 1 _ ~ 2 3 , i .,...:11,!-:-. 0 .1, - -, - ;,,..,,,*. .i,l 'l l lh `Ror". ' ' ' ''''.l.. l.).: i -7.,- * : 42 ' .. " Dr E I . ' . 44 4 %.a...6 .....7 • ," ~.... ...- ..-' ....' , THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1864. liINAHAN'S LL WHISKY COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., MIDDLESEX SESSIONS-April 18, MY STEPFATHER'S HOME. By LADY BLAKE. "A pleasant and interesting book, written in an easy, natural style. It will charm many readers."—Sun. The April adjourned sessions for criminal business com menced at Clerksnwcll this day, before Mr W. H. Bodkin (Assistant Judge) and a bench of justices. " We give 14 , dy Blake a h-•arty welcome to the front rank of our novelists."—John Bull. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. The calendar contains the names of 109 prisoners, of which number five only can read and write well, and 41 can neither read nor write at all. IMPROPER CONDUCT OF THE POLICE. Mr. HARRY PALMER said he was requested by Mr. Bassett, a solicitor of Carey-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, to state that he was now present and ready to offer any explana tion to the Court which might be required in reference to the cases of George Farmer, Thomas Featherstone, and William Taylor, in which he was instructed to prosecute. The Assistant-Judge said the costs of Mr. Bassett• were refused because the Court had been informed that it was the practice of certain persons to attend the police courts of the metropolis to make arrangements with police con stables who were concerned in cases, and to induce pro secutors to allow them to undertake to engage counsel for the trial, upon the understanding that no expense beyond the county allowance would be incurred. Mr. Bassett wrote to the Court indulging in all kinds of threats which were to be carried out if the refusal to allow costs was persisted in. Inquiries were then directed, and it was found that in each of the three cases mentioned Mr. Bas sett, or the man representing him, had solicited the pro secutors in the way described. The police had interfered to obtain the prosecution for Mr. Bassett, and their conduct would be reported to the proper authorities. The Court would do all they could to discourage these practices, and Mr. Bassett would certainly not be allowed any costs. 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." The same system prevails to a greater extent in the Cen tral Criminal Court, and urgently demands similar repres sion. Germain Soyer, aged 42, pleaded guilty to stealing seve ral sums of money belonging to the truitees of the French Dispensary, by whom he was employed as collector. Mr. Metcalfe, who was instructed to prosecute, stated that the prisoner absconded in June last, and had since col lected about £4O or £5O, his dishonesty being facilitated by the possession of a book of printed forms of receipts for donations to the dispensary, which he carried away with him. The prisoner was sentenced to be imprisoned nine calendar months with hard labour. John Wilson Davis, aged 31, pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzling three several sums, amounting to £8 Os sd. Mr. Ribton prosecuted; Mr. John Best appeared for the prisoner. Mr. Ribton stated that the prisoner was in the service of Mr. James Forsdyke, a tobacconist, in High-street, Shore ditch, as traveller and collector, at a salary of 25s per week. He had-bee's promised, in addition, a commission at the rate of D. to per cent. on his sales, when they exceeded £6O in a week, but they had never reached that sum and no commis sion had been earned. The total of his misappropriations was between £6O and £7O. Mr. Best addressed the jury in mitigation of punishmer.t, and stated that the prisoner had trusted to the produce of the commission to replace the moneys of his master The Assistant-Judge said that no explanation was given of the disposal of £6O or CO which the prisoner had taken while receiving 25s a week. Sentence-12 months' imprisonment with hard labour. George Knight, aged 41, pleaded guilty to stealing half a bushel of corn; and Wm. Alfred Paul, aged 24, pleaded guilty to receiving the same, well knowing it to be stolen. This was an ordinary case of robbery by a servant, where by his master's horses were deprived of half the food allowed for their day's consumption. Suspicion had been excited against another person, and the police watched, but found Paul taking the oats from Knight. It appeared that Paul had born hitherto an unexceptionable character, and that the prosecutor thought him less guilty than others who had not been detected. The Assistant-Judge sentenced Knight to bs imprisoned 12 and Paul to be imprisoned six calendar months, and kept at hard labour. Charles Williams, aged 22, and Edward Collins, aged 19► were charged with stealing a diamond ring, a locket, and other articles, of the value of £lOO, belonging to Mrs. Patte rson, from the dwelling-house of her husband. It appeared that the prisoners took advantage of being employed to carry luggage from a cab into the house, to enter Mrs. Patterson's dressing-room and to steal the jewellery. They tried to induce William Parrott, one of the Shoe-black Brigade, to pawn some of the articles, but he refused to do so, and was an important witness, as none of the property had been found. The prisoners were found guilty, and were proved to have been companions and known to the police. The Assistant. Judge directed 103. to be given to William Parrott, as an acknowledgment of the boy's honesty in refusing to assist in the disposal of stolen property, and sentenced Williams to two years' and Collins to one years' imprisonment, with bard labour. George Watson, aged 30, pleaded guilty to a charge of pot stealing, and, having been formerly convicted, was sen tenced to be kept in penal servitude for three years, Thomas Grant, aged 26, pleaded guilty to stealing a bale of paper value £6, the property of Messrs. Winn Brothers and Co. The bale was removed from the warehouse and Put ,,,, 1 on a barrow. The prisoner, being known, was stopped. It was said that he had only recently returned from penal se.. , itude. He was now sentenced to penal servitude for four ye.rs. Robert Smith, aged le, nleaded guilty to a charge of pot stealing, after a former conviction, and was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment and hara labour. John Boyes, 25, was convicted on sevo n l indictments which charged him with stealing the greatcoats be as many little boys, who live at Notting-hill, and who were in.h igle d either to leave their still younger brothers in charge of the coats while taking messages for the prisoner, or were vio lently dispossessed of them without any subterfuge on his part. _ _ His former master said he had borne a good character up to Midsummer last, but he had since lost sight of him. Sentence, two years' imprisonment with hard labour. James Manson, 22, George Roberts, 23, and Robt. Smith, 20, were indicted for stealing a plate basket, containing £3O worth of silver articles, from the house of Mr. T. Hughes, Park-street, Grosvenor-square, on the 21st December last. It appeared that two of the prisoners had been uudergoing imprisonment in Coldbath-fields prison since the robbery, and were taken into custody upon being discharged. The evidence showed that the prisoners were in company on the day named, that they were seen near Mr. Hughes's house, that Manson was seen to go down the area steps at the foot of which was the pantry, in which the butler had placed the plate-basket, and that Manson was seen about the time of its loss, still in the company of the other two men, and car rying a basket covered with straw. When Roberts and Man son were put in a cab at the door of Coldbath fields prison, Smith came up with another man in Volunteer uniform, and attempted to rescue them. On being apprehended sub sequently he was identified as the third who, three months before, had been concerned in this robbery. Manson repeatedly declared that he was innocent; that he was all round Clapham and Brixton on Dec. 21st, that he returned home at half-past four, that he pawned his coat the same evening, and that the two other prisoners then told him they had committed this robbery with the assist ance of a man named M'Carthy, who unfortunately resem bled him in appearance. The jury found all the prisoners guilty. Sergeants Cole and White proved former convictions against Manson and Roberts. They said that M'Carthy did not resemble Manson, and that Manson had long been known as an area thief. On ono occasion they searched a basket he was carrying, and underneath the straw they found a hook with a string attached, and an instrument which would easily open the catches of windows. His plan was to mark the house where the platebasket was left in the lowest room, to watch for the absence of the servants upstairs, to open the window and draw out the platebasket by the hook, and to conceal it under the straw in the other basket, which was just large enough to receive it. Manson, when sentenced to be kept in p3nal servitude for seven years, protested his innocence, called on the other two men to clear him, and clung so tenaciously to the dock rail that three officers were necessary to remove him, He was with great difficulty overpowered and conveyed to the cells of the Sessions-house, The Assistant Judge then sentenced Roberts to four years and Smith to three years' penal servitude,and he directed a reward of 20s to be given to a cabman named John Winter, whose evidence was important on the question of identity. rip( ) PERSONS SEEKING LANDED 11;;_. 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TlMES.—After a gallant defence of two months Dybbol was taken yesterday mernirg by assault, and the Danish army has lost its last hold on the mainland of Schleswig, For some days the event had been expected. Towards the close of last month it 'restame evident that the Prussians had thrown off the languor which marked the early conduct of the siege, and were resolved to press it with vigour and to force, if possible, a surrtnier. It need hardly be said that the prospect of the coming Con ference had much to do with this sudden display of energy. It is co injustice to the Prussians to sup pose that they were unwilling to retire from the scene of war without having gained 60131:!, conspi cuous advantage in a campaign of which they were the chief authors. Although She actual posses sion of some Danish earthworks and a certain num ber of Danish prisoners might not tend to settle the question in dispute between Denmark and Germany, yet, the war being once begun, it was unpleasant to retire from it without the flowers, if not the fruits, of victory. Hence for the last fortnight the Prussians have worked with a spirit of which their former operations gave no promise. Their great resources, their excellent arms and materials of war, their discipline, and the good military quali ties of their soldiers, have been used with effect in the reduction of the Danish stronghold. As the day for the Conference approached their desire for a speedy success became stronger, and in their im patience they did not even think it necessary to abide by the ordinary customs of war. But the burning of Sonderborg was only an episode of other and more legitimate operations. Day by day they brought their fire ne trer the Danish batteries. At the beginning of last week it became evident that the Danes, unless largely reinforced, could not long hold the place. Unless such an army could have been placed in Schleswig as would have com pelled the enemy to raise the siege, the fate of Dybbol was sealed, for the Prussians were in their third parallel, the Danish batteries were suffering from the heavy fire, and the soldiers themselves were worn out with the continual work made necessary by a struggle with an enemy vastly su perior in numbers and better appointed in every respect. The extremities to which they were re duced and their growing despondency are well de scribed in our correspondent's letter. At last the assault was made yesterday morning. We do not yet know the details, but we trust that the conflict was less bloody than others which our time has witnessed. It seems certain that the Danes them selves expected the result, for they are described as dismantling the forts of the best part of their artil lery, and taking most of their guns over to Alsen, However that may be, we must presume that they defended the place with sufficient obstinacy. But the Prussians were successful. Redoubts Ito 7 are on the left and centre of the Danish line and extend from the shores of Wenning-bay to a point on the straight line which joins Sonderborg and the vile lege of Dybbol. These appear to have been first mastered by the Prussians, who then passed to the Danish rear and took possession of their communi cations. Then Redoubts 8,9, and 10 on the Danish right were taken, together with the tete-de yont. The bridge was destroyed, and 2,000 men, with 51 officers, are spoken of as having fallen into the hands of the enemy. Thus ends the siege of !Dybbol. Like the Russians on the morrow of the great assult on the Malakoff, the Danes have aban doned their positions and retreated across a narrow piece of water, with the intention, no doubt, to dispute the further progress of the enemy. They probably do not consider themselves as wholly beaten or their cause as lost. On the other hand, the Prussians have won a decisive victory. It may not be a great one ; it may furnish no fitting subject for boasting, nor of complacent remembrance here after, but still it is a victory, and Prussia may con gratulate herself and her German friends that the Danish force is now driven from continentalSchleswig The allied Powers have accomplished that for which they profess to have taken up arms. They have their "material guarantee." They haveentered Schleswig; they have defeated the King's army, driven it from , two fortified positions, killed, wounded, or captured several thousands of Danes, supers( d.-d the Royal I authority, displaced the King's coinege, Ejects(' Les officills, forbidden the use of his name even in the prayers of the Church, and thus, they may hope, satisfied the most patriotic aspirations of the Ger man nation. Will not these things content them P Both sides have done enough to show their courage and their military talents. The Danes have held their ground well, and every one on the spot acknowledges that the Prussians have lately pushed the siege with skill and energy. The operations have ended without dishonour attaching to either party. Fair success has rewarded the victor, and complete subjection has not fallen to the lot of the vanquished. At present the Danes are concentrated in Alen, where they will endeavour to make a stand at the works which they are said to have been long preparing. Should the war continue, there can certainly be no doubt as to the fate of their army. The allied forces will be sooner or later able to cross the Sound, and compel a retreat to the Danish ships, or a capitulation. But time is neces sary for such a design. At present Denmark still has an army in the field ; the Conference will begin to-morrow, and the questions which are now being decided by the sword will be brought under its deliberations. It is an opportunity which ought not to be lost by the representatives of the neutral Powers. There will be a better chance of happy relations between the Dane and the German, be tween the Sovereign and his subjects, if the war comes to an end without the Danish army being reduced to the last extremity. We are happy to believe that in these deliberations the two Western Powers will be found in accord. Although there may have been some minor differences in the views of the Emperor atd her Majesty's Govern ment with respect to the grievances and ri a ehts of the Duchies, there is a full agreement teat the integrity of the Danish Monarchy shall be pre served, and that the unhappy campaign in Schleswig and the occupation which is exhausting and demoralising both Duchies shall be brought to an end. Lord Clarendon is said to have found the Emperor ready to co-operate fully withGreatßritain in the restoration of peace, and the settlement of the chief questions in a manner consistent both with popular rights and the honour of the Danish Ct o can. It is clearly within the province of such a body of representatives as will meet to-morrow to urge in the strongest manner the cessation of blood shed. Now that the bases of the settlement have been formally or tacitly agreed upon there can be no necessity tor a further appeal to arms. Every member of the Conference, with the ex ception, perhaps, of Baron Beast, will begin the discussion without any wish but for that reasonable compromise which is inevitable. The questions which will be really disputed may be difficult, but they re late more to administration and political rights than to nationality and dynasty. The further prosecu tion of the campaign can only retard a satisfactory arrangement. _ _ POST.—Last evening, pursuant to notice, Mr. Disraeli directed the attention of the House of Commons to the singular fact that during the past twelvemonths an Under Secretary of State had been taking part in the debates and divisions of the House, though absolutely disqualified from so doing by Act of Parliament. When the late Secretary for War, Sir G. C. Lewis, died, the then Under Secretary in that department, the Earl De Grey and Ripon, was appointed to the vacant post, and the Under Secretaryship was given to the Marquis of Hartington, a member of the Lower House of Parliament. To the latter appointment no objec tion was ever raised until last Friday evening, when Mr. Disraeli called attention to the circumstance that there were then five Under Secretaries occu pying seats in the House of Commons, although it was specially provided by the Legislature that four only should enjoy that privilege. The discussion of the question was postponed until last evening, but even in that brief interval circumstances had arisen which would seem to have stripped the ques tion mooted by Mr. Disraeli of much of its prac tical importance. The Vico-President of the Board of Education bad meantime resigned, his office had been given to the Under Secretary for the Home Department, and, consequently, when the House met last evening, there were but four Under Secre taries members of the House of Commons. The Government were thereby relieved from a disagree able dilemma, but it was, of course, still open to the House to mark its sense of what had taken plane by recording a formal resolution to the effect that the law had been violated. Mr. Disraeli, however, submitted a resolution to the house which, in effect, not only declared that the statute hed been in fringed, but that the seat held by the Marquis of Harlington, who until yesterday was the fifth Under Secretary of State, was vacated. 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"The figure of Fame, winged and trumpeted, passing and rep essing through the Magic Fountain, is so complete an illusion that it wellnigh ceases to be illusory."--Morning Star, Feb. 19. Prince Blossom, Miss Townley. In addition to the usual Entertainments of the establish ment, supported by the whole of the talented company, in cluding Arthur Lloyd, Miss Nelly Powzr, Air. T. Maclagan, G. W. Tester, &c. (to In a few cl , ys will be produced, with alterations and im provements in produAion, the New Illusion, surpassing any thing yet attempted. entitled TIIE TERMS rEN A ft ; or, a NIGHT WI .12 SITAKSPERE, in which Mr. W. Randall will re-appear. Admission—Area, Gd.; Stalls and Balcony, is. Open every Evening. ;4-04, T H E 0X F ORD, F, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, FRIDAY. wiil be performed the new and successful Opera, by M. Guonod, FAUST, embracing* the entire company of this establishment, with augmented band and chorus ; other Musical Enioqaintnents, supported by the following talented artistes —Misses Russell, Fitz-henry, Tyrrell,.% almsley ; Messrs. Morley, Tivoli, g re en, &c. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. - - To-morrow S Evening, atuday, ,TIIE MERRY !IVES OF WINDSOR, by Otto Nicolai. Comedy by UNSWORTII and EUGENE, Mr. T. Mac'van, W. Randall, G. Dutchenson, G. W. Jester, Miss Nelly Powur (the juvenile comedienne), &c., Admission —Area, 6d. ; stalls and balony, is..; private boxes, 10s. 6d. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.- CONTINUED SUCCECS of the CIRQUE, acknow leclo-ed to be the best produced in Env,lann. 'MORNING PERFORMANCE every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY at Two. EVERY EVENING, at Half-past Seven. - DOYAL ALHAMBRA.- _IN EVERY EVENING the celebrated JEAN JACQUES, from the Cirque Napole.n, Paris. EVERY EVENING at Half-past Seven. ROYAL ALHAMBRA, 13rillia,ut EQUESTRIAN SCENE of he Young Ladies, enttled THE R 11)11 ] POR THE RIBBON. Prices of Admission—Private Boxes (to hold six), 215.; Reserved Se tts, 3s. ; Stalls and Balcony. 2s. ; Pit and Pro menade, Is.; Upper Balcony, 6d. Box Office open from ten to four. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. RECENT ADDlTlONS.—President Lincoln and Presi dent Davis; Ancient Effigies of Henry Joan. in magnificent costumes of th e per i o d ( 1 399) ; an d i n the Chamber of Physiognomy is a f ull-length mo d e l o f G eo . Victor Townley. IV. and his Queen Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. Admittance, lc ; extra rooms, 6d. AWind P iccadilly, mill-street, RGYLL Ilooms , IS OPEN EVERY E VENING. During the eveningan unparallel e d reper t o ire of Dance Music, Selections and. Overtures, is p er f orme d by the cele brated Door s Open at Half-past 8 , commence at 9. Argyll Band , forty in nu m b er. Admission i.s. Manager, M. GRENET. 44A, MADDOX-STREET. RE GENT-STREET, W . THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Where may be seen the Astees ; Bushman and Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Models, Natural Preparations, & A E gy pti a n Mummies, unwrapped,Eng and Shang, 400 th y e ear Si s a o m a esP Twins ; a n d u pwards of 3,000 Admission, One Shilling (for Gentlemen only). EXHIBITION, 18 , 32. pRIZE MEDAL.-- INTERNATIONAL FRANCIS TUCKER Jr CO., Wax .t Chandlers, e., To the Queen and the Ptinee of Wales. (Established 17.?0.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862. testifies to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Frauds Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." - Finest quality, with latted Wicks, patented.. Vs. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality .. • • • • • • .. 2s. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. .. • • • • • . Is. sd. per lb. Second quality .. .• • • is. 3d. per lb. Third quality .. .. • • •-•- is. ld. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders — of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO„ 'B, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. C--(,-.2.-t.-0...L, 4 .4,, NEW S p 14. sciousness that the Government abused e l' . it possessed of rewarding its supporter irliA"afilsicue r .,-V, ment with lucrative offices, and an act with the view of correcting that evil. Bathet . statute it was provided that, with one or two trifling exceptions, all members of the House of Commons accepting office under the Crown should vacate their seats, with the privilege of presenting them selves for re-election; and that no one holding any office created subsequent to the year 1705 should be qualified to sit in that house. At that time there were three Secretaries of State and as many Under Secretaries, for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial de partments respectively. So matters remained until the close of' the American war, when, Great Britain having lost what had been her most important colo nies, Mr. Burke introduced a bill for economical re form, by which the office of the Secretary for the Colorlies was abolished, as being and which was no longer necessary. This bill beclrne law, and, until th e Secretaryship for the Colonies was revived, there existed but two Secr'etaryship s of State with their attendant Under Secretari, ships- At the termina tion of the Crimean war it was thought advisable to create a Secretary of War, and an act was passed with that intent, and by this statute it was pro vided that three Under Secretaries at the most should be eligible for seats in the House of Com mons. The next change which was effected arose from the creation, at a later period, of the office of Secretary of State for India, and the act by w hi c h_ this office was created provided that the maximum number of Under Secretaries in the Lower Howie should thenceforth be four. Since then the law has remained unmodified, and the primary question raised for the consideration of the house last even ing was whether the law of the land and the privi lege of Parliament had not equally been violated, owing to the circumstance of five Under Secretaries having simultaneously eat and voted in the House of Commons during the present session. The sta tute creating the office of Secretary for India is so explicit that it was impossible for the Government to avoid admitting that they had infringed the law. Lord Palmerston frankly stated to the house that an error had been committed, and proposed that a bill of indemnity should be passed for the benefit of those who had unconsciously acted in violation of the law. But the resolution submitted to the house by Mr. IDisraeli aimed at results other than the mere affir4 mation of a legal and constitutional principle felich did not admit of denial. He asked the house to de clare that the seat of the fifth Under Secretary was vacant. His view of the question was supported by the unanswerable argument that if the fifth Under Secretary was ineligible to sit in the House of Commons a week ago, he must be equally in eligible now, as he had not been re-elected since the redistribution of offices had given him a right to seat in the house. On the other hand, it was contended by the Attorney-General that the office of Under Secretary stood on a footing different from that of those offices under the Crown ceferred to in the statute of Anne, and that their hblders were not visited with that ineligi. bility to sit in the House of Commons affixed to the offices specified in that Act of Parliament. The House of Commons is not the fittest tribunal to pro nounce upon a purely legal question, and it was agreed by common consent to refer this knotty point to a select committee, the house meanwhile accept ing the first portion of Mr. Disraeli's motion, affirm ing that it was a breach of the law for a fifth Secre tary of State to sit and vote as a member of their body. The circumstance that five Under Secretaries of State have, during the past year, sat in the House of Commons is, however, important on other grounds than that of being a mere breach of the law. On the distribution of the principal offices of State it is undoubtedly material that of the Chief Secretaryship of State a majority should be held by members of the Lower House. It is, no doubt, very right and proper to appoint Under Secre taries, but the House of Commons is entitled to claim the opportunity of addressing itself directly to those Secretaries at least who preside over de partments which regulate the principal portion of the expenditure of the country. In the present in stance, however, it is scarcely fair to reproach Lord. Palmerston, because, a few weeks since, three out of the five principal Secretaries of State were peers of the realm. When he accepted office Earl Russell was in the House of Commons, and Sir George Lewis was still alive. The balance has been par tially restored by the appointment of Mr. Cardwell to the office which the Duke of Newcastle was through illness compelled to resign, and there are now three Secretaries of State in the House of Commons. The appointment of a member of the Lower House to an Under Secretaryship, whilst lour were distributed to members of that House, was an error, but that it was inadvertently com mitted is apparent from the fact that, though patent to the world, it escaped detection for so long a time. /42 Important Circular Despatch of Bishop Monrad. The following despatch, forwarded by the Danish Premier to King Christian's diplomatic agents at foreign Courts, has been received at Mr. Ruter'a office : Copenhagen, April 9, ISCI. Sir,—The acts and proceedings of the allied commis sioners in Schleswig have unfortunately given us too fre quent occasion to communicate with you upon the character the German Cabinets have impressed upon the invasion in spite of their former declarations, and notwithstanding the assurances they appear to have given to neutral Courts upon the subject of their intentions. I find myself now com pelled to call your attention to another series of still graver facts, in which, not content with setting aside the rights of the King, our enemies have gone so far as to violate the precepts of the right of nations and the first principles of humanity. The commander-in-chief of the Prussian army has re cently, without any previous warning, proceeded to bombard the open and inoffensive town of Sonderburg. Peaceable inhabitants, women and children, have been buried beneath the ruins or slaughtered by the bursting of shells, and hos pitals filled with wounded have had to be evacuated under a hail of bullets. Some Prussian hussars had been surprised during the night by a small Danish detachment near the village of Assendrup. To revenge themselves for this occurrence, which was owing to the heedlessness of their officers, the Prussians have set fire to the farms at which the hussars were lodged, and, not content with reducing poor peasants to indigence, surrounded the burning building with a guard to prevent furniture and even animals being saved from the lames. In Jutland the allied armies have overwhelmed the inha bitants with contributions of all kinds, and to so exorbitant an extent, that certain localities have found it absolutely impossible to fulfil these requirements. The allied generals wished the Danish authorities to afford them assistance in these extortions, and when they refused to co-operate in the work of pillage 10 prefects, and burgo masters were arrested as prisoners and transported to the fortress of Rendsburg, where they have already been de tained upwards of a month. Though tormented in various ways, and exposed to every species of humiliation and pri vation, these honourable officials do not for a moment regret having done their duty, but fears are entertained lest this unjustifiable treatment may not soon cost at least one of their number his life. I could swell the list of these atrocities by many more examples, but limit myself to again recalling to recollection. that even churchyards and national monuments have not been secure from the Vandalism of the invaders. The Government of the King has unquestionably a right to make reprisals against this barbarous manner of waging war. If it has nevertheless decided upon not availing itself of the right of retaliation, it is from a belief that whatever the excuses capable of being brought for such a course, the nation would not be slow bitterly to repent an offence against laws never violated with impunity. The reprobation of the present age, and the condemnation of history, in fact, aro punishments so rigorous that we cannot add to their weight: We restrict ourselves, therefore, to notifying the facts: Europe and entire humanity will judge. —I have, &c., (Signed) D. G. MONRA.D. THE NEW JAPANESE EMBASSY.—The Singapore correspondent of the Messager du Midi gives the following inform a ti on relative to the JapaneseErn bassy, just arrived at Marseilles :—" In 1862 the ambassa dors of the Taicoon in Paris had very skilfully demanded that Japan should not be constrained to open all her ports to foreigners so long as there was any cause to fear that security in the interior could not be relied en. They offered every possible facility to commerce at Nagasaki and other points, but at none of those that had been wished for. The French Government accepted the demand, but on conditio n that Japan should reduc e th e d uties on French wines and on articles of Paris manufacture. On returning to Yeddo, and after 20 months' hesitation, that is to say, after having acquired the conviction that nothing could be done by force against the foreigners, a decision was come to, to yield on. the question of the tariffs, in order to demand in their turn. the fulfilment of the promises made at Pane. They hastened to go to the French Minister to offer him to take up the customs' question. A discussion took place, and in the end they yicl•icd, as they said, out of sympathy to Franco. he following is the official circular of the Charge d'Affaires, which explains what was done The undersigned Minis ter Plenipotentiary and Charge d'Affaires at Japan has the honour to inf o rm the French merchants that the Japanese Government has just come to a decision, conformably to the engagements s tipulated at Paris by the amba ssa d ors of the Taicoon, in October, 1862, relative to the re d uct i on in the duties on French wines and articles of Paris manufac ture. That reduction will take place in the following pro portions :_Wines and liquids a to , 5 per cent, i nstead of 35 per cent., and Paris articles to per cent, and 6 p er cen t., ng to classes, instead of 20 per cen t . Th e presen t measure is to come into force for Yokohama on the Sth of February, and for the other pats on the Bth of I\tarch,' This Day, price 25., fancy cover, T HAMILTON. Ernlform with the above, price 2s, each, 1. SKITTLES. I 3. LEFT HER HOME. 2. ANONYMA. 4. FANNY WHITE. London : George Vickers, Angel-court, Strand.